Though the Justice Department has already issued a handful of reports on the fatal August 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, a new report slated to be released later this summer will reportedly offer analysis of law enforcement during protests spurned by Brown's death.

A summary of the report obtained by the St. Louis Dispatch heavily criticized police response to protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, last summer, calling police actions "vague and arbitrary" and suggesting the behavior violated protesters' First Amendment rights.

Yet the language in the summary, as reported by the Dispatch, is clear in its criticism of police action surrounding the protests in Ferguson following the August 9, 2014 shooting death of black teenager Michael Brown at the hands of Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson: "'Vague and arbitrary' orders to keep protesters moving 'violated citizens’ right to assembly and free speech, as determined by a U.S. federal court injunction.'"

"The elevated daytime response was not justified and served to escalate… the overall situation.” https://t.co/vJdYc5rf7d

Additionally, the criticism extended to the use of tear gas without warning and that using police dogs against protesters "incited fear" rather than affecting crowd control.

It also addressed the way in which social media was used, saying authorities, “underestimated the impact social media had on the incident" and authorities' failure to respond to social media usage to differentiate fact from rumor.

“Social media … can be a strong accountability tool when used to document the behavior of not only police officers but demonstrators.”

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